publications and presentations

book:
      cognition of value in aristotle’s ethics:  promise of enrichment, threat of destruction (state university of new york press, 2002), 218 pp. | current research project:  levinas and plato:  an encounter (in process)

articles:
00's
"the eternal and the new:  socrates and levinas on desire and need," in levinas and the ancients, silvia benso and brian schroeder, editors, indiana university press (studies in continental thought) (2008)

90's
      “aristotelian resources for feminist thinking,” in feminism and ancient philosophy, julie k. ward, editor, routledge (1996), pp. 95-117 | “on the metaphysical presuppositions of aristotle's nicomachean ethics,” journal of value inquiry, martinus nijhoff, the hague, volume 26 (1992), pp. 317-340

80's
“the role of the ergon argument in aristotle's nicomachean ethics,” ancient philosophy, pittsburgh,pennsylvania, volume 9, no. 1 (1989), pp. 37-47 (reprinted in essays in ancient greek philosophy IV: aristotle's ethics, john p. anton and anthony preus, editors, state university of new york press, 1991, pp. 59-78) | “philosophy as love and therapy,” halcyon, university of nevada  press, reno, nevada, volume 11 (1989), pp. 57-64.

“human being, beast and god:  the place of human happiness according to aristotle and some twentieth century philosophers,” st. john's review, annapolis, maryland, volume  38, no. 2 (1988-2), pp. 21-47 (reprinted in the crossroads of norm and nature:  essays on aristotle's 'ethics' and 'metaphysics', may sim, editor, rowman and littlefield press, 1995, pp. 29-50)

    reviews published in the review of metaphysics:
      of what ought i to do?  morality in kant and levinas by catherine chalier, march 2004 | of skepticism in ethics by panayot butchvarov, june 1991, pp. 835-836 | of reason and value by e.j. bond, march 1986, pp. 556-558 | of reason over passion by evan simpson, march 1981, pp. 619-620 | of the virtues by p.t. geach, december 1979, pp. 423-425 | of virtues and vices by james d. wallace, june 1979, pp. 777-779

papers delivered:
00's
"need or gift:  ebreo and levinas on love," renaissance society of america, march 19-21, 2009, ucla and the getty museum, los angeles (organized panel on "leone ebreo's dialoghi d'amore across genres, times and culture") (forthcoming) | "the eternal and the new:  socrates and levinas on desire and need," levinas research seminar, université de montréal, montreal, quebec, canada, may 16-18, 2008 | comment on "taking responsibilities seriously:  levinas and human rights" by scott davidson (levinas research seminar, mcmaster university, hamilton, ontario, canada, march 23-25, 2007 | "corinne painter on aristotle and animals," a comment on "a critical appropriation of aristotle's conception of the non-moral status of the animal," ancient philosophy society,
depaul university, chicago, april 20-22, 2006


discussion leader, silvia benso's "levinas:  another ascetic priest?", levinas research seminar, assumption college, worcester, massachusetts, september 24, 2005 | "plato and levinas on freedom:  an encounter," iapl (international association for philosophy and literature), helsinki, finland, june 6, 2005 (organized session entitled "levinas encountering the ancients") | discussion of hermann cohen's ethics of maimonides,  cpjc (society for continental philosophy in a jewish context), october 30, 2004 | “a rhetoric of activism,” pacific division, american philosophical association meeting, san francisco, march 31, 2001 (invited participant in apa symposium session entitled “pedagogies of ‘persuasion’”) | “ecstatic connections and global social change,” fourth biannual radical philosophy association meeting, chicago, november 3, 2000 (panel entitled “relational community”)

90's 
 “a comment on 'the becoming of aristotelian virtues' by may sim,” mountain-plains philosophy conference, creighton university, omaha, nebraska, october 1994 (invited comment) | “cognition of value in aristotle's ethics,” tenth annual conference of the society for ancient greek philosophy and the society for the study of islamic philosophy and science:  ethics, aesthetics and ontology in greek, jewish, christian, islamic and african philosophy, columbia university, new york, new york, october 1992 (invited participant in sagp aristotle panel) | “method and metaphysics in aristotle's ethics,” pacific division american philosophical association meeting, los angeles, march 1990 (invited participant in apa symposium session entitled “normative aspects of leisure”)

80's
“practical science and metaphysics in aristotle's ethics,” eighth annual conference of the society for ancient greek philosophy and the society for the study of islamic philosophy and science:  minds, persons, nature and community, baruch college, city university of new york, new york, new york, october 1989 | “human being, beast and god:  the place of human happiness according to aristotle and some twentieth century philosophers,” st. john's college, annapolis, maryland, february 1988 (invited lecture)

“dialectical method but metaphysical ground:  a response to gomez-lobo,” colloquium on aristotle's ethics and metaphysics, university of dayton, dayton, ohio, november 1987 (comment on “on the foundations of aristotle's ethics” by alfonso gomez-lobo) | “the role of the ergon argument in aristotle's nicomachean ethics ,” sixth annual conference of the society for ancient greekphilosophy and the society for the study of islamic philosophy and science:  action in ancient and medieval philosophy, baruch college, city university of new york, new york, new york, october 1987

“gossip:  a reply,” pacific division, american philosophical association, march 1987 (comment on “gossip” by lawrence m. hinman) | “on the metaphysical presuppositions of aristotle's nicomachean ethics,” fifth annual conference of the society for ancient greek philosophy and the society for the study of islamic philosophy and science:  ethics, practical reasoning, and political philosphy in antiquity and in christian, jewish  and islamic philosophy, baruch college, city university of new york, new york, new york, october l986

“on the metaphysical presuppositions of aristotle's nicomachean  ethics,” a conference on the virtues, institute on human values, university of san diego, february 1986 | “another apology of socrates,” philosophy department, university of nevada, las vegas, fall 1983 | “philosophy:  the dubious profession,” philosophy department, university of nevada, las vegas, fall 1983 | “philosophy:  the dubious profession,” the faculty development series, university of nevada-reno, fall 1983 | “analysis and holism in moore and aristotle,” philosophy department, university of nevada, reno, spring 1982